CV

To download David’s CV as a pdf, click here.

SELECTED WORK (Most projects have their own page. Click the titles for more info)

  • MOTHER OF MANY [6min Animated Short, 2009]
    Winner of  BAFTA for Best Animated Short, 2010
  • WHO WAS JESUS? [3x60min Discovery USA, 2009]
  • A POET’S GUIDE TO BRITAIN [6x30min BBC4, 2009]
  • BRITAIN FROM ABOVE [3x60min BBC1, 3x30min BBC2 & 1hr BBC4, 2008]
    Runner-up: Best Music, Bulldog Televisual Awards 2009
    Best non-fiction programme, International Digital Emmys 2009
    Nominated for Best Documentary Series, Broadcast Awards 2009
  • CHARLIE & LOLA [Series 2 & 3: 26 x 12min, BBC / Disney, 2006-8]
    Series 2: Winner – Best Original Score 2007 Royal Television Society Awards
    Series 2 & 3: Winner of BAFTA for Best Pre-School Series 2007 & 2008… other awards
  • COMRADES [84 min Feature, 2008]
    Nominated for First Appearance award at IDFA, 2008
  • THE TRUE STORY [5 x 60 min, Five / Smithsonian, 2008]
  • TOMMY ZOOM [30 x 10min, BBC, 2007-8]
  • ASYLUM [70 min Feature, 2007]
    Best Documentary at Lubeck Film Festival, Germany 2007
  • JAMIE’S CHEF [4 x 60 min, 2007]
  • CITY OF CRANES [4 x 3 min Channel 4, 2007]
    Best Documentary Short at Los Angeles Film Festival, 2008
  • TO THE MANOR BOWEN [8 x 60 min, Living, 2007]
  • DAY OF WRATH [105min Feature, 2006]
  • FLIGHTY [2min, 2006]
    Winner of DePict Short Film Competition, 2006
  • SILENCE BECOMES YOU [86min Feature, 2005]
  • THE INTIMACY OF STRANGERS [18min, 2005]
    Best Short Documentary (Big Sky Film Festival); Best Documentary (Balchik FF)
  • A MAVERICK IN LONDON [105min, 2005]
  • ROYAL INSTITUTE CHRISTMAS LECTURES [5 x 45min, Five, 2005]
  • NEWSNIGHT ‘MUSICAL MANIFESTOS’ [4 x 3min, BBC2, 2005]
  • SIXTY MINUTE MAKEOVER [Series 1-5, ITV1, 2004-8]
  • SUNNY INTERVALS & SHOWERS [90min Feature, Storyville 2004]
    Nominated for Grierson Award at British Documentary Awards, 2007.
  • LITTLE SCARS [50min, 2003]
    Best Non-Factual Student Film, Royal Television Society Awards 2004
  • THE COMPUTER VIRUS [13min, 2003]
    Best Comedy, ICA Awards 2004; Screened at Cannes Film Festival, 2004
  • THE TELL-TALE HEART [5min, 2003]
  • MOO(N) [3min, Channel 4, 2003]
    Nominated for Best Film at the Cutting Edge, and Best Sound in the British Animation Awards 2004
  • THE LUCKIEST NUT IN THE WORLD [24min, Channel 4, 2002]
    Best Short Film at Full Frame Documentary Festival, 2003.
  • UNSOLVED MURDERS [2 x 50min, Discovery, 2002]
  • A BRIEF HISTORY OF CUBA IN D MINOR [23min, 2001]
    Silver Street International Film Festival – Creative Excellence Award, 2001, other awards
  • BABYSITTING [24min, 2001
    Best Short Film, Kinofilm Festival (Manchester), 2002
  • WAG THE DOGMA [30min, Channel 4/NFTS - 2000]
    Best Documentary – Atlanta Festival, 2001
  • INSIDE OUT MAN [14min, 1998]
    Awarded Best Short Film, Kinofilm Festival (Manchester), 1999

    • COMMERCIALS & CORPORATE WORK

    Ads and corporate projects for Aviva, BBC, O2, LloydsTSB, Bombay Sapphire, Royal Navy, Gala Casinos, Dupont, Hellmans, Norton Finance & Thai Airlines

    EDUCATION

    National Film and Television School, Diploma in Screen Music (1999-2000)
    New College, Oxford University, BA in Music, 2:1 (1994-1997)

    To read testimonials from some of the directors and producers who have worked with David, click here.

    To view David’s awards and press quotes, click here.

    For a full photo-packed biography, click here.

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